J. P. Chandrababu

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J. P. Chandrababu
Casual Poster of CB
Born	(1927-08-05)5 August 1927 Tuticorin, India
Died	8 March 1974(1974-03-08) (aged 46) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Comedian, Actor, Playback singer, Film director
Years active	1947—1973

Joseph Panimayadas Chandrababu Rodriguez (1927–1974) was an Indian actor, comedian, playback singer and film director. whose Chaplinesque-style on-screen movements and singing style made him popular from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He had a mastery of the Madras Bashai, a dialect unique to the Madras region. His slapstick style of comedy has been emulated by subsequent actors. Many of his songs have remained popular.